Pitot-tube connection.



No. 817,470. PATENTBD APR. l0, 1906. J. A. L E. S. COLE.

PITOT TUBE CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15,1905.

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PITOT TUBE CUNNECTION.

APPLIUATION FILD MAR.15,1905.

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.UNITED sTAgEs PATENT oEEIoE.

JOHN A. ooLE,

or cercado, ILLINOIS, AND EDWARD s. COLE, oir

UPPER MON'roLAIE, ,NEW4 JERSEY. j

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peciication of Letters Patent.

Appllcationilled Merch 15.1905. Serial No..250,314.

To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that we, JOHN A. COLE, resid ing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and EDWARD S. COLE, residing at U per Montclair, in the county of .Essex an L'State Oi" New Jersey, citizens of the United States, have invented a certain I' new and useful Improvement in Pitot- 'lube Connections, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompan ing draw- "so that when in the main or pipe one end extends upstream and the other downstream. The two tubes are introduced. into the main or pipe 'through a ta or other device in connection therewith. hen so introduced and in use, the movement of the flowing stream .i in the pipe or main tends to bend or twist the tubes so as to turn their bent ends in a sidepitot-tube arran ement.

wise or downward manner, and thereby render the meter readings inaccurate.l

The object of our invention is' to provide a simple, practical and inexpensive constructitn for preventing such an undesirable resu t.

in accordance with our invention we provide a rigidholder for the usual pitot-tube Oriiices, by which the' latter can be held securely in position, and em loy this for the llhis rigid structure could be emp oyed by providing it with a couple of longitudinal Iperiorations which will form the two desired ducts or conduits, or-we can emfploy the structure as a holder or container or one or two small-bore tubes which can be inserted and extended through such structure. ln either case the bar or rod or rigid structure, whatever form the same may e, renders twisting or bendingfor other -Ths sleeve is desirably provided with a Water-tight connection.

tubes or tube arrangement impossible,- so that strict rigidity is secured notwithstanding the velocity of the flowin stream and the size of the main or pipe trou h which Patented April i0, 19.06. I

the same is flowi'n and accuracy o result in 'the meteris there y secured.

ln the accom anying drawings, Figure 1 is alongitudina section of a 'portion oi. a street-,main with a Pitot-tube arran ement embodying our invention attachedt ereto. Fig. 2 1s a view of the upper portion of such connection. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the lower portion thereof. on an enlarged scale. Fir. 4is aview, partlyin elevation and partly in ongitudinal section, of `a modified form of Pitotitube arrangement. Fig. 5 isa section taken on line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views of a still different modification, and Fie. 8 is a view of a modified arrangement of t xe form shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a main or pi e located any place-as, for example, in tlie street of a city-tlircu hwhich pie a flowing 'stream of water is un erstood to e passing,

the (pipe being part of the city-water system.` The pipe is s iown `provided with a plug or tap 2, provided with a valve 3, and having a screw-threaded upper end 4. 'A sleeve or bushing 5 havin a threaded end is adapted to Alit upon the t readed end 4 of the plutg or washer 6, containing between itself yand the sleeve 5 a packing-rinoF 7 fdr affording a cWithin the sleeve 6 is arranged an oval bar or rod 8, which is arranged to extend and pass through the sleeve and plug 2 and into thewater-main 1. This bar or rod 8* is of sufficient length to extend well into the interior of large mains. It is rovided with two assages or ducts 9 9, whic extend from end to end of said bar and are desirably made inclined with their upper or outer ends farthest from one another and their inner ends nearest together, so that it may be said that they converge inwardly-that is, toward the Water-main.

The lower end ofthe bar or rod 8 is provided 2. isk

conveniently screwfthreaded into the upper ends of the passages 9 9 and adapted .to connect with ilexible tubular connections 13 13, whichlare understood t run to the meter, whichmay be of any suitable or desired construction. 'lhe upper portion of the bar is provided with a transverse socket," in which a rod 14 can be iitted, by which arrangement the bar 8 can be turned or raised or lowereds By such arrangement it will be seen that the 1o meter connection can be a lied to a water pipe or main by first attac ung the sleeve 5' to the plu f 2 with the valve 3 of the latter closed. l e valve 3 can then be opened and the bar or rod 8 forced down, so that its lower end portion enters the main. 'Ihis movement is desirably continued until the bent I ends-.11 11 ofthe tubes 10 10 are at substantially the middle of the main. The .velocity of the ilowingstream in the main is then inzo dicated upon the meter by means of the Pitottube arrangement. formed by the bar 8 and connections. The lower tube-sections 11 11` will beheld in absolutely rigid and proper position, and their bent ends maintained 2 5 always in a direct up and down stream line. When the reading is over, the bar 8 can be withdrawn, so as to bring its lower end with l the tube-sections 10 l() into the bushing 5, after which the valve 3 can be closed and 3o then the bushing 5 unscrewed and the connection removed.

By making the passages 9 9 converge connection can be readily-made with the upper ends of' the passages 9 9, and at the same time the lower ends can be brought so close to lether that the outwardly-bent ends ofthe tube-sections 10 10. can be prevented from projecting laterally beyond they bar 8, so that this bar can be readily raised and low- 4o ered and the tube-sections 10 10 and ends 11 y11 Withdrawn through the same aperture through which the bar is passed.

In the arrangement shown in Fi s. 4 and 5 a rigid structure conveniently in t e form of afrod or barrel or iioat 8a is employed and is rovidedwith two longitudineJ ly-extending -iiores in which are arranged a air of tubes 15 15, as shown in said iigures. he lower ends of these tubes are bent laterally and desir- 5o ably contracted at their outer ends. A air of bushings 16 16 are conveniently fitted 1nto the upper ends ofthe barrel or rod 8E and provi ed witl'placking 17 17 to form a water- Vtight joint. e up er portlon of the barrel is desirably provide with a peripheral enlargement or projection 18, having slots 19 19, and the u per ends ofthe tubes 15 15 are provided wit collars 20 20, having downwardly-extending clips 21 21, Whose lower 6o ends extgnd below lthe lower edge of the annular enlargement 18 and are bent inwardly, l as shown in dotted lines in the u per portion of Fig. 4. Thus enga ement etween the tubes 15 15 and the ro or tube 8a to re- 6 5 vent rotation of the tubes within saidfro or.

,other downstream.

barrel is brought/j about by elevating `the tube slightly, so as to draw the bent ends of the clips 21 21 up into fthe slots 19 19. In thisfarran fementf/also a cross-bar 1,4 is provided an a stuiiing-box arran ement by which the device can be attache to a main or pipe. B such construction it will be seen that the tu )es 15 1.5 can be inserted in the rod 8 8, the tubes being of such len th that their lower ends project'somewhat rom the lower end of the rod or barrel. The tubes are then turned so that their bent ends point inwardly, as shown in dotted lines in 111g. 4, h'

and then the rod is pushed throughthe stuffing-box and into the pipe or main. is in such osition the tubes are 'turned by means of t 1e 'collars 2() 20 or other means until the bent ends .of the tubes assume their proper positions, the one upstream and the This can be ascertained by the position of the clips 21 21, for these clips are attached so as to beat right an les to the bent ends of the tubes 1515. `he tubes are then drawn up slightly, so that the llower ends of the clips 21 21 enter the slots 19 19, and thus lock the tubes in their proper positions. A

In Fi 8 is shown a modified construction of this erm of device. The difference consists in making the projecting ends of the tubes separate from that portion thereof which lies within the tube or barrel 8, For this there are shown a pair of'detachable tubesections 15 15", adapted to fit or telescope within the tubes 15b 15b in the barrel 8a. collar 23, having a tight driving fit on the tube sections 15'? 15a is provided, and .a sleeve 24 is fitted to the lower ends of said tube-sections. These 'detachable tube-sections can thus b e applied or removed from the barrel 8a, as desired.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6 we provide a barrelor rod 8b, having two longitudinal bores, one of which contains a tube 1.5 and the other of which, 25, serves itself as one of the desired passages or ducts. The tube 15 is provided Iwith a 'stuffing-box, as described in connectionwith the device of Fi s.'

4 and 5. A tube-section 26, is iitted to t e upper end ofthe barrel 8b, so as to'communicate with the barrel 25 thereof, and another tubesection 27 having a bent end is connected with the lower end ofthe barrel, so as.

to communicate with said bore.

Thus it will be seen'that in all of the fore oing arrangements arigid structure isprovi ed to afford a rigid support for the orifices ofthe Pitot-tube construction, "In alll eases these After it IJO IIs

orifices (shown in the ormof laterally-extending ends or portions of tubes or tubesections) will be rigidly and rmly held against movement of any kind by the flowing stream, and thus accurate results will be secured in the meter to which the device is con-IN nected.

It will be understood that changes and modifications can be made without departin from the spirit of the invention.

hat we claim is 1. A device ofthe class specified, comprising a rigid holder in the form of a bar or rod, a a1r of tubes held by said holder and having aterally extendin portions which project from the holder antiwhose ends open in opposite directions so as to form oppositely-facmg orifices. y

2. A. Pitot-ItubeY connection, comprisin a pair of tubes havin their ends bent lateraly to form orifices an` a ri id holder therefor in the form of a bar or ro the tubes being arranged to fold together when in one position,

and to rotate to cause the orifices' to point in opposite directions when in the other position. t

3. A device of the class specified, comprising a rigid holder in the form of a bar or rod, and` a pair of tubes kextendingthrough said holder and having their lower ends rojecting from the lower end of the holder, t e tubes belng constructed with laterally-extending lportlons having outwardly opening ends which provide o positely-facing orifices.

`4. A device o the class specified, comprising a rigid holder in the form of a bar or rod, a 3o2pa1r of tubes'extending through said holder and having their lower ends pro'ecting from:

the lower end of the hold'er, sai tubes hav; ing laterally-extending' portions whose ends open outwardly to provide oppositely-facing orifices, saidntubes being rotatable in the holder, and locking means for locking said tubesagainst rotatlon.

5. A Pitot-tubef connection, comprising a rigid holder in the form of a bar or rod having longitudinally-extending bores or pasbores Vor assa es, and having their lower ends bent atera ly, the tubes being rotatable in said holder to ermit theirorifices to be turned so as to folld together in one position or to point in the opposite'direction in another osition.

' 6. Pitot-tube connection comprising a bar or rod having longitudinaliy-ext'endm bores or passages, a pair of tubes extende through said bores or 'passa es, said tubes having their lower ends bent aterally, stuffing-boxes for said tubes, at the upper end of 4o sages, a pair of tubes extended through said y 

